AfriGeneas Free Persons of Color Forum

Chevis\Pierre-Auguste

John Chavers, born say 1785, head of a St. Landry Parish, Louisiana household of 6 "free colored" in 1820 [LA:108] and 10 "free colored" in 1840, probably the ancestor of John Chavis, constable for St. Landry's Parish on 27 July 1868 [Bonds Book 4:164].

Pierre August & Gabrielle Tessier, Parents of Celesis Auguste Mallet(she is listed as Celeste August married 1st August 1826 to John Cheves, Grafe(half White) Lib. (free) of Lafourdche. (Opelousas church Registers of Blacks. Volume 2 Page 59) Parents of John chevers were John Chevers and Rosalie Kiese.

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Petition 20884114 Details
Location: St. Landry, Louisiana
Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the fifth Judicial District in the Western Circuit Division of the State of Louisiana holding Court in and for the Parish of St Landry (, )
Filing Court and Date: District, 1841-April-29
Ending Court and Date: District, 1844-December-5

General Petition Information

Abstract: Silésie Pierre Auguste, a free woman of color, represents that, when she married a free man of color named John Chevis fourteen years ago, she owned property consisting of nine heads of horse creatures, ” thirty heads of "horned cattle," five "breeding sows," and articles of household furniture. All the property has been administered by her husband since the marriage. Silésie contends, however, that her husband’s affairs "have fallen" into such confusion that she is desirous of retaking the administration of her property. She therefore prays to be authorized to sue her husband and to have a judgment directing that her property be set apart. She asks to be permitted to administer her paraphernal property free from the constraint or interference of her husband.
Result: dismissed on motion of plaintiff's counsel